Recent Guests

We welcome over 170 special guests to our theater every year, ranging from filmmakers to screenwriters, actors to activists. See our most recent special guests below, visit our YouTube channel for videos of guests from years past, and visit our special guest archive for past years’ guests.

Wasted! The Story of Food Waste

Oscar Talk

The Rape of Recy Taylor

Walk With Me

Film to Broadway: Children of a Lesser God

The Professor: Tai Chi’s Journey West

For Ahkeem

The Last Dalai Lama?

Ram Dass: Going Home

A Far East Celebration: Eat, Drink, Man, Woman

Chef Mogan Anthony of Pub Street and Village Social joined us on Jan. 22 for the latest event in our Film to Table series, “A Far East Celebration.” Following a 35mm screening of the Ang Lee film Eat, Drink, Man, Woman, Anthony participated in an audience Q&A with JBFC Programmer Karen Sloe Goodman before delighting palettes with a pop-up Mura Ramen tasting reception in our Jane Peck Gallery.

Mia Mask, Associate Professor of Film at Vassar College, joins JBFC Programming Administrator Saidah Russell and JBFC Special Events Coordinator Nicole Klein for a photo-op following her Reel Talk on A Raisin in the Sun, part of our REMIX series.

Call Me By Your Name

Screenwriter James Ivory returned to the JBFC for a Q&A with JBFC Board President Janet Maslin following a screening of his latest film, Call Me By Your Name.

The Post

Filmmaker and JBFC board member Steven Spielberg and JBFC Board President Janet Maslin following a special filmmaker event for Spielberg's latest film, The Post.

Breaking News

Filmmaker Iulia Rugina & series curator Mihai Chirilov following a screening of Rugina's film Breaking News during our 12th annual Making Waves: New Romanian Cinema series.

Almost a Woman

JBFC founding member and author Esmeralda Santiago with JBFC Executive Director Edie Demas following a screening of the film based on Santiago's book, "Almost a Woman," to benefit Puerto Rico hurricane relief efforts.

Lady Bird

Filmmaker Greta Gerwig and JBFC Board President Janet Maslin following a screening of Lady Bird.

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

JBFC Board President Janet Maslin, filmmaker Martin McDonagh, and actor Sam Rockwell joined us for a preview screening and Q&A.

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